Table 1 Demographic characteristics and distribution within groups (NEAA – normal or early acute appendicitis; UAA – uncomplicated acute appendicitis; CAA – complicated acute appendicitis)
From: Possible cytokine biomarkers in pediatric acute appendicitis
|  | 3–8 years old | 9–12 years old | 13–16 years old | total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
boys | girls | boys | girls | boys | girls | boys | girls | |
NEAA (n = 20) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
UAA (n = 30) | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 12 |
CAA (n = 77) | 22 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 50 | 27 |
total | 31 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 21 | 77 | 50 |
48 | 34 | 45 | 127 | |||||